Easy Riddles & Knock-Knock Jokes

The Knock-Knock Name Game

• Take turns using your names in a knock-knock joke. It's a personal touch that's fun for those who know you. You can use names in place of a word with a slightly different pronunciation: "Kenny" works for "Can he," "Donna" works for "Do not" and "Luke" for "Look." Use your name in place of another word that rhymes, such as "Blaine drops keep falling on my head," or in place of a homonym such as in "Shirley you haven't forgotten my name already?" The sillier they are, the harder you'll laugh.

Food Riddles

• Riddles are a perfect way to spice up your dinner conversation. Try to think of your food in a "riddle-culous" way. What kind of food does a train eat? Coal slaw. What's a dog's favorite soup? Chicken poodle. What snack do ducks like best? Cheese and quackers. Puns are fun for smaller children, but if you get the chance to stump them with something harder, try describing the food in riddle fashion. Such as: What vegetable gets the outside thrown away, the inside cooked, the outside eaten and the inside thrown away? Answer: Corn on the cob.

The Black-and-White-and-Red-All-Over Game

• This game can continue as long as everyone involved can thing of something that is black and white and red all over. Examples include: a panda rolling in a bed of roses, a pilgrim picking poppies, a creme-filled chocolate cookie dipped in strawberry milk, a zebra covered with lipstick kisses, a nun with ladybug rain boots. The game continues until no one can think of a new black-and-white-and-red-all-over riddle, or everyone's laughing too hard to try.

Elephant Jokes

• Elephant jokes made their way to the American media in the 1960s and never left. Look in any joke book for kids, and you'll probably find at least a few elephant jokes, if not a whole section dedicated to elephants. The key to a good elephant joke is to make it as absurd as possible, which is commonly done by ignoring an elephant's size. According to elephant jokes, elephants can hide in your bathtub, your refrigerator and your jelly bean jar; they ride in tiny Volkswagens, wear shoes and talk on the "elephone." Just try to imagine a very large elephant wearing sunglasses so he won't be recognized and try not to smile at the same time.